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Tuesday, April 29, 2003

 
Sometimes I feel like I'm some kind of living, breathing example of Murphy's Law. The twist in my favor however is that things usually work out for me in the end. Fate just always makes me sweat it first. I'd also like to warn you now, that this will be another of my long drawn out stories to illustrate my point, so those with short attention spans might want to stop here.

A couple of weeks ago I had blood drawn to show proof of immunization for school. My mother turned the house upside down at my request looking for my old shot record, from the 70's mind you, to no avail. My doctor's office said they could take a blood sample, send it off to the lab & they can tell if I have required immunity that way, so I went that route. Tomorrow is my registration date for classes & there is a hold on it until I provide the proof. I would like to add that I did not wait until the last minute, I had left several messages at my doctor's office & my results had not yet been received. I called again today & found that they did get the results, however due to my Murphy's Law syndrome, the test did not show that I'm immune. There is a negative, a positive, and a middle ground where they can't tell either way; I of course fell into the grey area. The nurse informed me I could come up and get the shot from them, it was a MMR, measles, mumps, rubella. Feeling like a two year old, I nonetheless complied. What choice did I have?

Forgoing the nap I had planned for my lunch hour, I took an early break & went to my doctor's for the shot. Upon my arrival they then informed me that my health insurance did not cover the shot and it would be $77.00. Furthermore, UNF requires proof of a series of two of the shots in lieu of immunity. Therefore, I would have to come back in 30 days and get another shot for an additional $77.00. Taking into consideration that I will be quitting work in a couple of weeks & probably won't receive my financial aid for at least 4-6 weeks (keeping in mind that with my luck something will go wrong & it will take longer) that was something I just could not afford. Since I know that I have had the shots, I decided there must be another way.

To try to shorten this already long story...the Duval County School Board had proof of one of the shots in my high school transcript and luckily (something went right for a change) their office is near my mother's work and she went over there & obtained a copy. I then found out that I could get the second needed shot at the clinic for $43.00. If you've been reading, then you already know that I'm short on cash this month because of the extra week of daycare I had to pay and I don't get paid until day after tomorrow. Luckily however (see a pattern here?) I did a massage yesterday (thanks Randy) providing me with the funds to obtain required shot. Also if Tracey hadn't talked me into going to the opening of the Beaches Festival on Saturday, I would not have stopped by to visit Randy on my way home & she probably would not have gotten the massage & then I would've had to wait until payday to get the shot & then I would have had to wait until the last minute to register for classes & the ones I needed might have been full.

A series of seemingly unrelated events & choices have affected my entire future. As if I didn't already have enough trouble making the smallest of decisions, now I'm going to have this incident in the back of my mind.

Oh, I almost forgot...it really is just a little sting. That took away some of the guilt I've been carrying around for making Maggie get her shots & watching her scream. They didn't give me a lollipop or a sticker though, damn it.
Tina 12:19 AM